AlienFX Tools for Alienware 15 R2

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I have an Alienware 15 R2, and I just installed Fedora 43, I was trying to install OpenRGB and AlienFX tools to have control over the keyboard lights, but neither of the apps worked. I need help with this issue, please any suggestion on how to fix this ?

Thank you.

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Could you provide more details? Where you got the packages or apps?

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of course, the Openrgb through the terminal, the oficial repository, when I open the openrgb app, it does not recognise my laptop (device). and I tried Alienfx tools, i downloaded it through terminal, the pip command, and when I tried to open the app nothing comes on.

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Can you open a terminal and try one of these two commands?

openrgb 

openrgb --list-devices

Paste the response here.

Also try with the AlienFX tool aas well.

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OpenRGB: openrgb --list-devices
Connection attempt failed
QSocketNotifier: Can only be used with threads started with QThread
[i2c_smbus_linux] Failed to read i2c device PCI device ID
[i2c_smbus_linux] Failed to read i2c device PCI device ID
[i2c_smbus_linux] Failed to read i2c device PCI device ID
QObject::connect: No such signal QPlatformNativeInterface::systemTrayWindowChanged(QScreen*)

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Can you check if the kernel module is loaded ?

sudo modprobe i2c-dev

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pavelb@Alienware-PB:~$ sudo modprobe i2c-dev
pavelb@Alienware-PB:~$
does not show anything

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Can you try this? Need to see if the module is good and loaded.

lsmod | grep i2c

Then

sudo openrgb --list-devices

and follow that up by cheking the usb devices

lsusb | grep -i alien

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sure, here it is:

  1. pavelb@Alienware-PB:~$ lsmod | grep i2c i2c_i801               40960  0 i2c_smbus              20480  1 i2c_i801 i2c_algo_bit           20480  1 i915 i2c_hid_acpi           12288  0 i2c_hid                49152  1 i2c_hid_acpi i2c_dev                28672  0

  2. pavelb@Alienware-PB:~$ sudo openrgb --list-devices [sudo] contraseña para pavelb: Connection attempt failed [i2c_smbus_linux] Failed to read i2c device PCI device ID [i2c_smbus_linux] Failed to read i2c device PCI device ID [i2c_smbus_linux] Failed to read i2c device PCI device ID

  3. pavelb@Alienware-PB:~$ lsusb | grep -i alien Bus 001 Device 003: ID 187c:0528 Alienware Corporation AW1517
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I changed your post to accommodate for the code block.

Can you try this :

python3 -m alienfx_gui 2>&1

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pavelb@Alienware-PB:~$ python3 -m alienfx_gui 2>&1
/usr/bin/python3: No module named alienfx_gui

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looks like it did not install. . . could you try to reinstall?

Maybe it’s pip3 install alienfx-tools --user